Cyra Fernandes
Practice Lead Consultant, Australian Childhood Foundation (ACF)

Cyra Fernandes is a social worker and family therapist with extensive experience in working with children, young people and their families.

For the past nineteen years she has been working for the Australian Childhood Foundation both as a clinical therapist, team leader, Program Manager and has been responsible for managing the program for children and young people with harmful sexual behaviours. She co-authored an article with Dr Russell Pratt exploring the role of pornography in young people’s sexually abusive behaviour. She has also worked in the Northern Territory developing a therapeutic service for Aboriginal children and young people with Harmful Sexual Behaviour. Cyra currently works for the Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care and has been working in a detention facility providing therapeutic support to children and young people and their carers.